With so many tasks on the to-do list of a meeting professional the one I often hear complaints about is the speaker-booking process. Meeting managers complain that speakers get paid too much, are hard to connect with, and can be demanding. Speake...
Constructing a formal, long-term mentoring program that benefits both mentors and mentees will require the same efforts that continuing medical education providers undertake for their educational offerings: diligent planning, development...
Life science and financial service companies must manage their meetings because of the regulatory requirements imposed on them by governments around the world. As a result, much of the meetings management attention has been focused on these two s...
There’s an emerging trend in associations. Boards and/or chief execs are making annual meeting re-invention a high strategic priority. Many are charging existing education committees, or new task forces, to develop and bring long-term...
As a meeting professional, you are in a position of choice each and every day. You choose the venue, meals, speakers, and how to allocate an event budget, among countless other tasks. Great meeting influencers do this unconsciously. But in your...
Twitter allows us 140 characters to deliver a message and catch the attention of our followers to take action. That action may be to connect to an article, Web site, book, or to engage another person. Either way, it is the haiku of the Twitter...
